Survey
Outcome indicator
Children in employment is broader than child labour as defined in ILO conventions; it is not the same measure.
Source: Understanding Children's Work (ILO, UNICEF, World Bank) · via World Bank WDI
How do we know? As the publisher reported it; the platform does not adjust figures.
28.76078% of children aged 7–14 for Ghana in 2012, published by World Bank Group.
Source
- Published by
- World Bank Group
- Source
- World Bank — World Development Indicators
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 ↗
- Attribution
- Understanding Children's Work (ILO, UNICEF, World Bank) · via World Bank WDI
- Retrieved
- 9 November 2026
- Methodology
- Nationally representative household survey
Version
- Value
- 28.76078% of children aged 7–14
- Period
- 2012
- Status
- Observed
- Kind of data
- Survey
- Country
- Ghana
- Comparability
- Children in employment is broader than child labour as defined in ILO conventions; it is not the same measure.
Authority
- Regulates
- Employment Law
- Measures
- Children aged 7–14 engaged in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week.
How good is this figure?
Separate dimensions, not one score — an excellent source can still be incomparable across countries.
- Source
- International organisation
- Definition
- Definition from the publisher
- Comparability
- Comparable with care
- Status
- Observed
- Evidence
- Survey
The law behind it
| Country | Value | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 9.30 | 2011 | Observed |
| Albania | 5.50 | 2010 | Observed |
| Algeria | 7.50 | 2013 | Observed |
| Angola | 30.1 | 2001 | Observed |
| Argentina | 5.03 | 2012 | Observed |
| Armenia | 9.90 | 2010 | Observed |
| Azerbaijan | 5.20 | 2005 | Observed |
| Bangladesh | 5.00 | 2013 | Observed |
| Belarus | 2.30 | 2012 | Observed |
| Benin | 24.1 | 2012 | Observed |
| Bolivia | 13.9 | 2015 | Observed |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.6 | 2006 | Observed |
| Brazil — Federal | 2.54 | 2015 | Observed |
| Burkina Faso | 50.3 | 2010 | Observed |
| Burundi | 31.9 | 2010 | Observed |
| Cambodia | 11.5 | 2012 | Observed |
| Cameroon | 62.0 | 2011 | Observed |
| Central African Republic | 37.2 | 2010 | Observed |
| Chad | 55.9 | 2015 | Observed |
| Chile | 4.50 | 2012 | Observed |
| Colombia | 5.56 | 2015 | Observed |
| Congo, Republic of | 31.5 | 2012 | Observed |
| Costa Rica | 1.31 | 2016 | Observed |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 36.5 | 2012 | Observed |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 41.4 | 2014 | Observed |
| Dominican Republic | 13.2 | 2014 | Observed |
| Ecuador | 5.56 | 2015 | Observed |
| Egypt | 2.90 | 2009 | Observed |
| El Salvador | 7.80 | 2013 | Observed |
| Eswatini | 13.3 | 2010 | Observed |
| Ethiopia | 26.1 | 2011 | Observed |
| Gabon | 24.0 | 2012 | Observed |
| Gambia | 23.8 | 2015 | Observed |
| Georgia | 31.8 | 2006 | Observed |
| Ghana | 28.8 | 2012 | Observed |
| Guatemala | 7.24 | 2015 | Observed |
| Guinea | 38.1 | 2012 | Observed |
| Guinea-Bissau | 63.9 | 2014 | Observed |
| Haiti | 37.8 | 2012 | Observed |
| Honduras | 10.5 | 2014 | Observed |
| India — Union | 1.70 | 2012 | Observed |
| Indonesia | 3.70 | 2010 | Observed |
| Iraq | 6.40 | 2011 | Observed |
| Jamaica | 6.20 | 2011 | Observed |
| Jordan | 1.23 | 2016 | Observed |
| Kazakhstan | 3.60 | 2006 | Observed |
| Kenya | 34.4 | 2009 | Observed |
| Kyrgyzstan | 41.1 | 2014 | Observed |
| Laos | 8.60 | 2010 | Observed |
| Lesotho | 2.60 | 2002 | Observed |
| Liberia | 18.4 | 2010 | Observed |
| Madagascar | 26.0 | 2007 | Observed |
| Malawi | 48.9 | 2015 | Observed |
| Mali | 29.7 | 2013 | Observed |
| Mauritania | 14.5 | 2011 | Observed |
| Mexico — Federal | 5.61 | 2013 | Observed |
| Moldova | 29.0 | 2009 | Observed |
| Mongolia | 14.7 | 2013 | Observed |
| Morocco | 4.50 | 2004 | Observed |
| Mozambique | 27.4 | 2008 | Observed |
| Nepal | 42.8 | 2014 | Observed |
| Nicaragua | 47.7 | 2012 | Observed |
| Niger | 48.5 | 2012 | Observed |
| Nigeria — Federal | 35.1 | 2011 | Observed |
| North Macedonia | 19.8 | 2011 | Observed |
| Pakistan | 13.0 | 2011 | Observed |
| Panama | 5.62 | 2014 | Observed |
| Paraguay | 10.4 | 2014 | Observed |
| Peru | 22.6 | 2015 | Observed |
| Philippines | 9.00 | 2011 | Observed |
| Portugal | 3.64 | 2001 | Observed |
| Romania | 1.40 | 2000 | Observed |
| Rwanda | 5.90 | 2014 | Observed |
| Senegal | 25.1 | 2015 | Observed |
| Serbia | 17.9 | 2014 | Observed |
| Sierra Leone | 59.2 | 2013 | Observed |
| Somalia | 43.5 | 2006 | Observed |
| South Sudan | 45.6 | 2008 | Observed |
| Sri Lanka | 10.7 | 2009 | Observed |
| Sudan | 30.6 | 2014 | Observed |
| Syria | 6.60 | 2006 | Observed |
| Tajikistan | 8.90 | 2005 | Observed |
| Tanzania | 34.7 | 2014 | Observed |
| Thailand | 15.1 | 2006 | Observed |
| Timor-Leste | 19.9 | 2007 | Observed |
| Togo | 35.2 | 2014 | Observed |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3.40 | 2006 | Observed |
| Tunisia | 3.40 | 2012 | Observed |
| Türkiye | 2.60 | 2006 | Observed |
| Uganda | 36.7 | 2012 | Observed |
| Ukraine | 5.00 | 2012 | Observed |
| Uruguay | 7.30 | 2009 | Observed |
| Uzbekistan | 5.10 | 2006 | Observed |
| Venezuela | 3.91 | 2013 | Observed |
| Vietnam | 10.9 | 2012 | Observed |
| Yemen | 16.1 | 2010 | Observed |
| Zambia | 34.4 | 2008 | Observed |
Sorted by name, not by value: this is a table of evidence, not a league.
Method
Nationally representative household survey — Prevalence measured by interviewing a sample of the population (DHS, MICS and equivalents).